Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-05-27
SIR CHARLES TUPPEg. &
An Interview with tho CanadiaR Minist,
OF Finance. q, q

An Interview with tho CanadiaR Minister
OF Finance. u 4
NEW YORK, May 25.-The TimeSprihtE
the following: "Sir Charles Topper, ca
madam minister of Finance in Candle,
at present visiting this city. yesterday exs
pressed his views on matters which inter-
est the public. His first reRarks con-
cerned the visit of MI. GBrfsAto Cana
da, and while he did notgo iufHthe sub
iect very extensively, he made bis re-
marks sufficiently pointad - One Of the
advantages which we think the Brtasa
system has over the American system IT
that both in England and Cansc /
all parties treat the executive head
of the nation as beyond criticism.
We attack the responsible ministers of the
day in England and in Canada, but" and
Sir Charles smiled gravely, "we don't at
tack the executive head of the country.
Fiercely as the controversy may wage be-
tween two parties they all unite in sus-
tanning the executive head of the country.
1t naturally follows that we disapprove
very strongly all parties and all classes
oil departure from that course by anybody
coming into the country to attack the
Queens representative, and that in refer
ence to questions that have no relation
TO Canada and Canadian affsir5. AT the
same time everybody deplores the fact
that il Mr.. O'Brian had the bad taste and
bad judgment to come to Canada on such
q mission, he should have been have made
the subject of violation of the laws.
Such thing is most unusual thing for
Canada, as it is place where the freest
speech on all questions is tolerated"
Concerning the question OF commercial
reciprocity between the United States
and Canada, he said that there should be
the freest commercial intercourse be-
tween the two countries. Canada is ready
and has always been ready to promote
that commercial intercourse to the fullest
possible extent, but of course we are
quite aware that unless we can adopt
United States tariffs between the United
States and England it would be lmpracti-
cable. l mean hat il would be impOsSi-
BILE for the United States 20 consent TO s
customs union or free trade between Can
ada and the United States, as that would
really mean free trade between the United
States and England. 4 complete customs
union is simply impracticable. 1t would
be quite Impossible for Canada 10
adopt q tariff go hostile to the
mother country. l believe that anxious
as is Her Majesty's government to
avert the slightest cause Of difference
with the government of the United States,
TIE time IS FAR distant when the govern
ment Of England will shrink in the
slightest degree from giving fair and
candid consideration 70 whatever the
claims of Canada may be. I should
deeply deplore,and every intelligent Cans
dian would deeply deplOre, any Interrupt
ton to the commercial relations existing
between Canada ana this country, but
cannot forget that if & policy
Of non-inteTCOuTse were adopted
it would lead 10 development
of those channels of communication which
ne have ourselves, and that the commerce
of Canada (Which is to day building up
New York. an speaking of through traf-
tiC-aud is building up Boston and Port
land) would be carried through exclusive
ly Canadian channels to Canadian ports
and would build up Montreal, Quebec, St.
Andrews, st. Johns and Halifax with in
creditsble rsPidity. never expect TO see
the hour come when the nOn-inteTCoUrse
policy is adopted.